Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4.21-pre3-ac3 and KT400 | From | Soeren Sonnenburg <> | Date | 13 Jan 2003 23:53:12 +0100 |
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On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 23:38, Edward Tandi wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 22:10, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > > [...] > > > I am running Linux on an ASUS A7V8X, VIA KT400 chipset motherboard. > > > The processor is a 1.5GHz Athlon XP. I started experimenting with > > > new-ish kernels again because of the general lack of kernel support > > > for this chipset in stock kernels. 3 questions below: > > > > Hey finally someone with my setup :-)) > > > > > 1) I have 1GB ram, but I cannot get high memory support to work. It > > > falls over during boot. I've seen discussions about AMD cache issues, > > > but has it been fixed yet? Is it supposed to work? > > > > I am using older kernels (2.4.20) and it seems to work... > > Yes, but as you mention below, it is unstable.
Well it works rock stable - except for one of my harddisks freezing once in a week (but that is another issue) - if I don't use the two additional promise TX2 ide controllers (extra cards not the onboard stuff).
> OK. I am using the OSS driver. Still, it should work normally.
agreed.
> > 3) I get the following messages at boot-time: > > [...] > > > Jan 13 18:23:05 wires kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { > > > DriveStatusError BadCRC } > > > Jan 13 18:23:05 wires kernel: blk: queue c0437940, I/O limit 4095Mb [...] > > That sounds like a bad cable. Do you use 80wires ide cables, connectors > > attached to the ends ? > > No, but my drives are old and only support UDMA 2 anyway. I get most > things off the LAN. It should really enable UDMA 2.
hmmhh, I would consider checking the harddisk then... it might be defective.
Soeren.
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